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gubbfett
gubbfett

Reputation: 2177

Store bigger object data using without using a database

I'm writing a project most for fun, just to play around with .NET. I'm building an xaml project (or what you call the windows 8 apps) in C#.

In this case I will have a bigger object with some lists of other abojects and stuff. Is there any smart way of saving these object to disk for loading them later? That is something like GetMyOldSavesObectWithName("MyObject");

What i've read that the local storage is primary used to save smaller thing, such as settings. How much data is acceptale to save? Can it handle a bigger object, and what are the pros/cons? Should i save the objects to files, and how do i in that case do that? Is there any smart way of telling .net to "Save this object to MyObjectName.xml" or something?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1166

Answers (1)

Cyral
Cyral

Reputation: 14153

In C#, you can use serialization to save your objects as files, commonly in XML format. Other libraries, such as JSON.net, can serialize into JSON.

You could also roll out your own saving/loading format, which will probably run faster and store data in a more compact way, but will take much more time on your part. This can be done with BinaryReaders and Writers.

Take a look at this StackOverflow answer if you wish to go the serialization route.

In most cases data will be so compact it will not use much space at all. Based on your comment, that "large" amount of data would really only take a few KBs.

Upvotes: 2

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